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Newspaper Page TextPAGE FOUR THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND, OREGON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1949 THE BEND BULLETIN and CENTRAL OREGON VHEivi thm Bnd BulMIn (wnklrl IV0S-1VI1 Th Bend Rxilltt'a llly Krt. ll PublltiJ Kvrrjr AlttriUMW hcil Sunday and CrUtn ilutui&y by TlM IWni UulMtn tM-IM Will Sunt B.nd. Or won blUnd M bCJtid Clua MMr, Jnurr . 191T. t lha IWofllc '- Unid. Orwua IJn.l.r Ad of March a. l,. ROBERT W. 8AWYICRbiiUr.Uanarar HKNKY N. FOWI.KR Auoctat. K.1IUW An lAdapandant Nwimr Hlamlins Uw lb Squara beat. CWma tu.inM, Claaa Politic and lh Knt InterctU of tWnii ar.d OnUftl Oiwon ' MKM1IKR AUDIT BURKAU Or' CIRCULATIONS lif Mail Br Carrlar Ona Vr 17.00 Ona Y.r II.M tin MonUn 4.o 6i Mentha 10 Thraa Muntha 12 to Ona UonUi l.00 All BubacrlpUona ara DUK and l'AVAbii IN ADVANCE Plaaaa notify ua of any chanaa of addraw or failure to recrlw tha pair regularly. THE TRUTH AND PHOSPHATE FERTILIZER It is unfortunate, to put it mildly, that proponents of the CVA should resort to deliberate untruth in their argument on buhulf of the measure. It is unfortunate but, nevertheless, the fact and doubly unfortunate that their falsifications should be spread by 6uch a reputable newspaper as the New York Times. In the December 5 issue of the Oregon Grange Bulletin under the title "PloUAgainst CVA" there is printed an article from the league for CVA. About half the article relates to phosphate fertilizer in the northwest and here is what is said on that subject : Meanwhile, the march of events served more and more to illustrate the Pacific Northwest's desperate need lor n CVA. The conservative New York Times recently reported that "farmers in the Western area are setting up a howl that would curdle the blood of a coyote." The reason? "They are complaining." says the Times, "about the long hard way they receive phosphate fertilizer, a mineral which is essential to health of their soil." It seems thai 96 per cent of the phosphate fertilizer used on farms in the Northwest and the rest of the sundown slope is shipped in from the Tennessee Valley Authority area, where it is developed. Yet 60 per cent of the nation's total supply of phosphate rock lies in the Pacific Northwest (southeastern Idaho and western Wyoming). But it is virtually undeveloped because private enterprise has not been willing to spend the money to produce the phosphate. "This economic paradox," says the Times, "is costing Western farmers millions of dollars." "Carrying coals to Newcastle may be a cliche to most people," says G. W. Bunting, director of the Central Farmers Fertilizer Co., "but it very accurately describes shipments of phosphate fertilizer to the Western areas." He asserts that soil in the West is beginning to starve for phosphate and unless the farmers greatly increase its use, crops will deteriorate on an enormous scale. "Farmers and city people too may soon be jolted by the impaired quality and quantity of our crops," he explains. "They blame it on too much rain or too little rain, but the basic cause will be lack of phosphate and other fertilizers." The South, of course, has no such problem. The TVA has produced well over a million tons of phosphate fertilizer, and consequently the farms of that region are in no danger of deterioration. The phosphate is sold at. rock-bottom prices too well under the market price. s That's Just another reason the Pacific Northwest needs a CVA. Those paragraphs we recommend as superb examples of ;clever propaganda and, likewise, of utter misrepresentation. !The. league for CVA should be ashamed to put them out, the Grange Bulletin should be ashamed to print them and the New York Times, if it is to continue to use such material, should revise the standard that it sets for itself, "All the News That's Fit to Print." The sentences quoted from the Times represent not news but untruths. The paragraphs are clever in that they leave the unthink ing, uninformed reader with the belief that the farmers of the northwest suffer from the cost of bringingin phosphate ferti lizer from TVA, that such importation would not be neces sary if only the phosphate resources of the vvest were devel oped, that private enterprise is not' Willing to spend money for the purpose and that therefore the CVA, which it is im plied would produce the power necessary for phosphate fer tilizer production, is needed. Around the whole presentation is cast the approving mantle of the conservative and authori tative New York Times. "It seems that 96 per cent of the phosphate fertilizer used on farms in the Northwest and the rest of the sundown slope is shipped in from the Tennessee valley Authority area, where it is produced," reads one of those quoted narairranhs. Well. that is not the fact. Out of a total of 251,942 tons of fertilizer used in Washington, Idaho and Oregon in 1943 only 417 tons came from TVA and the A.C.P. soil conservation nrosrram. As a matter of fact in 1948 TVA produced only 73,500 tons oi pnospfiate plant food. Let us hasten to say that one of these figures just given was for "fertilizer" and another for phosphate and, we agree, the words do not mean the same thing. We do not have the break down of that figure of 251,942 between phosphate and other forms of fertilizer for the period in question. We do have, however, the figures of phosphate use in the three states for the year ending June 30, 1948 and they total 102,414 tons. Certainly, TVA in the last six months of 1947 did not ship in sufficient phosphate to make a total of 96 per cent for the full 12 month period even if all of the 1948 shipment was added. Most of that 102,41 tons of phosphate fertilizer used in the Pacific northwest was produced in the west. "How can this be?" will be asked by those who are taken in by propaganda put out by the league for CVA and the Grange Bulletin. "Private enterprise", they will repeat, "has not been willing to spend the money to produce the phosphate". That is another assertion of the league for CVA and the Grange Bulletin that is not the fact. Already the plants of the Ana conda Copper Company, the Gates Brothers, of Wendell, Idaho and Jack Simplot, at Pocatello, Idaho have a productive capacity of 95,000 tons annually. At Trail, B.C. there is a 30,- 000 ton plunt whose production goes pretty much into the northwest states. Not only has private enterprise spent money to produce phosphate" fertilizer. It is continuing to do so. At Salt Lake City the Simplot company has under construction a plant of 35,000 tons capacity. This will be completed in 1950 so that the total northwest plant capacity (including the Trail plant) in 1051 will be 100.000 tons. The Bonneville power adminis tration has estimated that the phosphate plant food require ment of Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana in 19150 will be between a minimum of 05,000 and a maximum of 100,000 1 tons. Ia other words private industry will have stitlictent capacity to supply the requirements of the northwest in 1900 and an excess for other states, as well. Now please look back at those quoted paragraphs and ob serve the one next to the last in which reference is made to TVA's phosphate fertilizer production and the sales price "well under the market price", That is, we assume, the market price of fertilizer produced by private enterprise. And how do you supiKise TVA was able to do this? Well, take n look at the audit of the TVA operations for the fiscal year 1948 and observe these sentences on page 38 : In determining the results of the chemical operations for the fiscal year ISMS, no consideration was given to the esti mated loss of $11.58 per ton that will he sustained in the disposition of the June 30, lJMii inventory of concentrated superphosphate. The June 31, 19-47 Inventory of concentrated superphos phate, amounting to 20.000 tons, presented a similar situation with an estimated loss of $5.13. And then on the next page you will find this : Assuming no substantial Increase in the manufacturing cost, future tosses on sales of this product will bo reduced from those previously sustained. The general accounting office which made this audit recog nizes that there will be future losses though they may be re duced. Losses, of course, because this is a government opera tion. Here, to paraphrase the last of those quoted paragraphs. are just a number of rer.sons why the Pacific northwest does not need all A. Also, a reason why the league for CVA and the Oregon Grange Bulletin ought to stay with the facts when they talk about the CVA. Oh, yes. And the New York Times, too. Fremont Journal Doc. 26. Our general course was again south. The country consists of larger or smaller ba sins. Into which the mountain waters lun down, forming small lakes; tliey present a perfect level from which the mountains rise Immediately and abruptly. Between the successive basins, the dividing grounds are' usually very slight; and it Is probable that, in the season of high waier, mi.ny of these buslns are In com munication. At such times there Is evidently an abundance of wa ter, though now we find scarce ly more1 than the dry lieds. On either s 1 d e, I h e mountains, though not very high, appear to be rocky und sterile. The basin In which we were traveling de clined towards the southwest cor ner, where the mountains indi cated a narrow outlet; and, turn ing round a rocky point or cape, we continued up a lateial branch valley, In which we encamped at night on a rapid, pretty little stream of fresh water, which wc found unexpectedly among the sage near the ridge, on the right side of the valley. It was bordered with grassy bottoms and clumps of willows, the water partially frozen. "This stream belongs to the basin we had left. Uy a par- OUT ON THE FARM By lis a drunt Dec, '27 Over the Christmas week end, 1 collected enough recipes to keep the column going until spring. Sampling of good things to eat Is ns much u part of the Christmas visiting and ex changing of greetings as the tra ditional "Merry Chiisfmus" wish Itself, There arc Frances Smith's fill ed cookies. Homer's colorful gel atine candles, (iwen Kurt.' Rus sian tea dainties, r.'dllh Kostol's carrot pudding and Hae Wilson's dulciuil bread, to mention Just u few. The date-nut bread Is a good place to begin. A loaf or two could lie whipped up in Jig time for "something different" while there are still turkey scraps. For a post holiday supper, a platter of sliced turkey, or ham, or assorted cold cuts, would he good with thin sandwiches of dale-nut bread, Waldorf salad and slices of can ned cranberry sauce. Ingredients for the date bread tial observation tonight, our camp was round to be directly on the I'-'nd parallel. Tonight n horse Ix-longing to Carson, one of the best we had In the camp, was stolen by the Indians. I To lie Continued) are: 1 cup pitted dates, quartered; lMi cups boiling water; 2 table spoon shortening; Jln cups flour; t teaspoon soda; 1 teaspoon salt; Ito cups brown or white sugar; 1 egg; 1 cup broken mil meats; 1 teaspoon lemon Juice, l'our boiling water over dales, add shortening, mix and cool. If blown sugar Is used, add to liquid. If while sugar Is used, sift with other dry Ingredients. Heat egg, add cooled liquid, und Ntlr In dry Ingredients all at once, Add nut meats und lemon juice. Pour Into greased bread pan at least l'J x 4 inches, or two small bread pans. Let stand In puns 13 minutes, then bake ut 3.10 degrees, an hour for small loaves or about un hour 20 minutes for a largo loaf. THIS IS STORM WAKNINtiS Portland, Dec, 28 mi South west storm warnings wero hoist ed at 4 a.m. today from Cape Blanco to Astoria, Ore,, und small craft warnings were changed to storm warnings from Astoria to Tatoosh Island, Wash,, for In creasing south lo southwest winds reaching -10-50 miles an hour oft the Washington coast and .15-43 miles an hour off the Oregon coast, the weather bureau announced. Japanese Officials Worry Over examination Day By Earnest ilobcrecht (United PrcM Staff Correspondent) Tokyo up Jan. 13 is examina tion day in Japan and it Is not the school children who are wor ried. The government officials are the characters who must pass eligibility tests and they're ner vous. The Japanese didn't think this thing up by themselves. It was brewed up -in -occupation headquarters. The Japanese poli ticians are particularly set against it They think it creates a bad precedent. The examinations will be given by the national personnel autho ritv. which is worried too. It wants to kfccp the questions from leaking out m advance, that is quite a Job in view of what some people are willing to do to make a passing grade on the quiz. Top Men to Be Tested The people with pencil and paper on "T" day ("T" for test) will be all senior eovernment of ficials from vice-ministers down' to bureau, department and sec tion chiefs. Since the test was thought up by occupation officials, only the Japanese officials have to take it. Some sections of the Japanese press have endorsed this exam ination with high glee. Said one editorial writer: "It cannot be de nied that the government person nel administration in the past has too often been influenced by graft and bribery." Other papers are strongly against such a thing as testing the officials. "It is not. only undemocratic, said one paper, "but is unfair since experience in office often is more valuable than superficial knowledge. Press Takes It L'p Most papers, both those pro and con, want to know who in the government is qualified to ask questions of the other members of the government. borne even have suggested that Japan soon will be a country where the "information please" champions will hold all top of- iices. A demand already has arisen for the national radio network to broadcast the examinations to the whole country. This will be so funny," said one Tokyo paper, "that we all should be allowed to enjoy it In stead of a select few who conduct the tests. Bloodhounds Trail Escaped Convicts Huntsvllle, Tex., Dec. 27 P Bloodhounds today trailed I've convicts of a group of seven who tunneled out of the Texas state penitentiary. Two of the fugitives surrender ed peacefully to officers last night at a little church barn eight miles southeast of the Huntsvllle pris on. The recaptured convicts were J. Isom, 23. who was serving -15 years for robbery, and David Me cullough, 23, serving 22 years for robbery and forgery. Still at large were two life termers. Weldon Green, 27. and Collins W. Mershon, 38, both sen tenced for robbery by assault; Thomas W., Tucker. 38, serving 64 years for murder; Walter Thorp. 30, serving 25 years for robbery with firearms; and Don Kemper, 32, six years for forgery. SLIGHTLY DAMP Suva, Fiji Islands. Dec. 27 mi The government reported today that more than 278 inches of rain fell at Salia-Levu on the island of Taveuni in the first 11 months of this year. Shop HORNBECK'S First and Last To Toy All Jp Having Car Trouble? Let Us Winterize Your Car! If your car operates slugglishly on cold winter mornings, it's time to drive into Carroll's. Our expert mechanics can quickly and eificiently tune up your car so it will start on the coldest mornings. You'll find our service the best and our ' prices moderate. CARROLL MOTORS Authorized DE SOTO-PLYMOUTH Dealer 163 Greenwood Ave. Phono 387 DIAMOND T TRUCKS MoPAU PARTS Accept our lieariy wishes 7 hat your every dream come true And, lliul lite IVeu; Year'K briny lorlune's full measure lo you OUR STORE WILL BE UNTIL THURSDAY. DEC. 29 Bs Seem' You! Mr. and Mrs. Hornbcck I Rath's Pre-lnventory DOZENS OF SUPER VALUES IN 3 GROUPS Vour opportunity for real savings in our (amous lines of fine shoes all late models from our regular stock, some in broken sizes all priced LOW for quick clearance. 3.33 5.55 6.66 Paris Fashions! Connies! Jacquellnesl The shoes you've admired the shoes you've wanted! And now at prices you would not expect to find! Regularly priced to 9.95, these are values you won't want to miss. Use your charge account or our lay away plan. Photography All the currant reports from in omul town show tiial a very, very Merry Christmas wus enjoyed by everyone, Old Sunta must have been except loiiidly busy lo satisfy so many , , . for wn haveiv'l heard tiny com. plulnls. Itclng "'w ' rolumnlna (bulimic for our busy friend) we were rather lit limn for word until we'd looked lit gome of lust year's pictures, You know ChrlHlmn afford n Kicat opportunity for takluu picture. It'll that eel!il lime of the year when everyone In In Rrciit lr Um. Kupccliilly, the children, when they're busy with all of thwlr new proHentN. A few uniipit taken now will lie worth their welcht In Bold In yeuin to come, And you don t need n lot of fancy equipment either to record all tlilM , , ; Juki hex camera und n roll of film, Vor Inula ncc, we were look Iiir through ttoine of our old picture illinium and Rot n ar'it kick out of reliving the C'lu li: nut we spent touether a few years iiko. Then lt"jciive u the Idea, also, to lake Home pie lures of thows who were pre ent lo help u enjoy this Chrltdmiis. Wasn't It Confuc ius himself who said one pic ture Is worth a thouMind words? You should see soino of the letters of thank wo recrlvo after one of our txv rlodlcal mailing of our quirk tump. Ye, we will agree that pho tography Is a great hobby. Whether you go lit It In u big or a little way, It's something that you not only enjoy doing now, hut which gives untold pleasure In later year. Jum try It and sec! In rase you're Just gelling stinted, you can get all the equipment you'll need down at Symon Ilros. Cues we'll go back now and thumb through the old album some more. Oh. vc . , . almost forum ... happy nkw YL'ARTO ALL OK YOU! Symons Bros. OH Wsll HI. ritone 17S START 1950 WITH A CLEAN SLATE "I.KT Ol'U MONKY PAY VOl It CHRISTMAS HILLS" AUTO SALARY FURNITURE LOANS 25.00 $300.00 PORTLAND LOAN CO. Norb (ioodrlch, Mgr. 85 Oregon Ave. Bend, Ore. 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